Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy attempted to shift blame for the GOP’s government shutdown on Thursday, weaving a tale about his failure to retain essential federal workers, which has worsened U.S. air travel infrastructure.

“We don't have enough air traffic controllers,” Duffy said. “We're 2 or 3,000 air traffic controllers short,” he added, reiterating his months-old claim of having a plan to “supercharge” the hiring and training of air traffic controllers.

“It's going to be a multi-year process to make up the shortfall that we have in the system,” Duffy continued. “But I'm getting word now from Oklahoma City, where I have young air traffic controller students who are now telling me, ‘What the hell am I doing? Why am I going to take this job?’ They're thinking about leaving the aca

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